Categories: OLD Media Moves

Raleigh paper drops last of printed stock listings

The (Raleigh) News & Observer has eliminated the last of its printed stock listings — the local stocks of interest.

Managing editor Dan Barkin explained to Talking Biz News:

We are always reviewing how we use space in the paper. Over time, we have reduced the space for financial agate because it can be obtained in many places online, including our web site, newsobserver.com. As we were reviewing our space plans for 2018, we decided to eliminate the last of the agate. This particular agate was an assortment of stocks of local interest. But the fact is, relatively few people own individual stocks. With the popularity of 401(k) accounts, most people who are in the equity markets own mutual funds. And individuals who do own stocks can easily check prices online. So it seemed like a good idea to use this space 5 days a week for stories that would serve a broader audience.

The paper cut its daily stock listings in 2006.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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